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Does anyone know what would happen to the squirrel if he/she realizes their entire year's of investment is gone? Does it have feelings to feel angry / sadness?

Does anyone know what would happen to the squirrel if he/she realizes their entire year's of investment is gone? Does it have feelings to feel angry / sadness? Would the Squirrel likely starve (or if it was a breadwinner would the whole family starve), or would another squirrel help it out? If anyone has interesting resources to learn about squirrels that could help me investigate more please share.

sayonaraman 5y ago
I don’t know about squirrels but hamsters are known to hedge their “nest eggs” with crypto. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/crypto-trading-hamster-mr-goxx-is-up-over-16-since-june-11632855365 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/crypto-trading-hamster-mr-...
shriphani 5y ago
The ground squirrels (I see them mostly in South San Jose) live in multigenerational burrows and dont venture too far out. I bet they stumble upon other family members' caches.
Koshkin 5y ago
Squirrels are known to spy on each other and to steal each other's "investments." (Also, if one notices that another is watching, it will pretend like it's hiding the food here and then take it someplace else.)
- TravHatesMe 5y ago
  apparently this is why they will pretend to bury/hide stuff in order to fake out other squirrels.
- sourcesmith 5y ago
  Not just other squirrels. I have seen a magpie sitting on a wall waiting for a squirrel to finish burying its nut. Once the squirrel had finished, it descended to have a good poke around the burial area.
joecool1029 5y ago
>Does anyone know what would happen to the squirrel if he/she realizes their entire year's of investment is gone Greys forget, reds probably don't but they are so angry fighting each other most of the time over control of territory including the caches. >would another squirrel help it out? They'd eat each other before starving. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/red-squirrel-infanticide-Yukon-cannibalism https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/red-squir...

sayonaraman 5y ago

I don’t know about squirrels but hamsters are known to hedge their “nest eggs” with crypto. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/crypto-trading-hamster-mr-goxx-is-up-over-16-since-june-11632855365 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/crypto-trading-hamster-mr-...

shriphani 5y ago

The ground squirrels (I see them mostly in South San Jose) live in multigenerational burrows and dont venture too far out. I bet they stumble upon other family members' caches.

Koshkin 5y ago

Squirrels are known to spy on each other and to steal each other's "investments." (Also, if one notices that another is watching, it will pretend like it's hiding the food here and then take it someplace else.)

TravHatesMe 5y ago
apparently this is why they will pretend to bury/hide stuff in order to fake out other squirrels.
sourcesmith 5y ago
Not just other squirrels. I have seen a magpie sitting on a wall waiting for a squirrel to finish burying its nut. Once the squirrel had finished, it descended to have a good poke around the burial area.

joecool1029 5y ago

>Does anyone know what would happen to the squirrel if he/she realizes their entire year's of investment is gone Greys forget, reds probably don't but they are so angry fighting each other most of the time over control of territory including the caches. >would another squirrel help it out? They'd eat each other before starving. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/red-squirrel-infanticide-Yukon-cannibalism https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/red-squir...